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Love Is Blind <\/i><\/a>season 10 star Emma Betsinger<\/strong><\/a> admittedly felt \u201cawkward\u201d explaining to fianc\u00e9 Mike Gibney\u2019s parents about her reasons for not wanting to have children.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was very stressful,\u201d Emma, 28, exclusively told Us Weekly <\/i>ahead of the Netflix premiere of the latest batch of new episodes. \u201c[Mike and I] talk extensively about it. We [talked] in Cabo, we talked in the pods, and I felt safe telling him, like, where my head was at.\u201d<\/p>\n Before Emma and Mike, 30, got engaged sight unseen<\/a> in the Love Is Blind <\/i>pods, she revealed that she was on the fence about whether or not to have children. Mike didn\u2019t see Emma\u2019s candor as a dealbreaker, continuing to pursue their relationship. (Emma has repeatedly stressed that she\u2019s unsure about having kids since she\u2019s adopted and has no medical history for her biological parents or potential genetic conditions she might pass down.)<\/p>\n While the couple continued discussing a potential family on their post-pod vacation in Mexico, they later faced questions from Mike\u2019s family upon their return to Ohio. Mike, once again, had Emma\u2019s back.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was giving me that autonomy to choose and the support there with his family, and with mine too,\u201d Emma told Us. <\/i>\u201cI think it was now, [like, here you are] integrating and meeting family for the first time. You\u2019re trying to explain that you\u2019re engaged and that this process does work, but then also throwing the layer of \u2018kid yes\u2019 or \u2018kid no\u2019 into it.\u201d<\/p>\n Emma further pointed out that Mike\u2019s family \u201cloves kids\u201d and were quite passionate about eventually seeing Mike become a dad.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that was something very stressful for me, like, \u2018Oh, I didn\u2019t realize that this became real.\u2019 I think, for me, it became an added layer of just complexity to me and Mike\u2019s bubble,\u201d Emma said. \u201cIt is about me and Mike, but it\u2019s also about his family and my family. And, yeah, so it\u2019ll be interesting to watch, but I did feel awkward.\u201d<\/p>\n Emma and Mike met one another\u2019s families in the Wednesday, February 18, drop of season 10 episodes. While they faced questions about having children, Mike stressed that he never planned to pressure<\/a> Emma into becoming a mom.<\/p>\n \u201cI was trying to be open about it,\u201d Mike told Emma\u2019s siblings and parents in one scene. \u201cThe more that I\u2019m thinking about it, I don\u2019t think I can. I haven\u2019t asked [Emma], and I told [her] I will not push [her]. I respect [her] decision, whatever it is.\u201d<\/p>\n Emma got engaged to Mike after cutting off respective pod connections with Steven Sunday<\/strong> and Connor Spies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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